The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 23, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALIL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 189S. | | | | | | | | | CROSSING THE COLUMBIA RIVER BAR. After an absence of four years the tug Relief returned to San Francisco for good yesterday. While crossing out from Astoria she had a very rough time of it. As a general rule the captain makes the tug take the big rollers bow on, but on this occasion a small swell threw the Relief's bow off a little and the next big one catching her on the port bow nearly smothered her. Several panes of glass in the pilot-house were smash- ed in and Captain Randall and ‘ the man at the wheel got a drenching. NTRRLNG SREAYDOMN OO THE CHITOSE It Compelled Her to Return to Port. WILL TRY IT AGAIN MONDAY ALMOST A PANIC ON FERRY STEAMEER OAKLAND Owing to an Accident to the Berke- ley She Had to Carry Both the 5 and 5:30 P. M. Pas- sengers. but as the gui ad it might reached the Union m i the work e was at once begu g hing happened the gruiser reached Santa Barbara chan- | nel 1 m. yesterday and her trial| would have tak iles on t the ay the pipe s This stopped the « engines had to com Berkeley was due 3 but was unable to mak 80 people who generally a at hour for home s have to wait for the p. m. boat on tim when all were crowded aboard t and the passengers were packed like | dines. A movement | to starboard or | t by the people made the vessel careen nd | s though she was going to capsize, me of the women screamed and othe nted. A rush to either one side or the her of the Oakland would have been | fatal, so it was to prevent such an oc- | currence that the captain and mate left | the pilot house and spent the time oc- | cupled In waking the trip in calming the passengers and assuring them that there was no danger. The sack was got out of the Berkeley's suction pump later on and she was run- ning as usual at 6:30 p. m | The Alviso steamer F. M. Smith backed into Washington-street wharf yesterda and damaged her fantail ‘and crank-pi She will be repaired and go out on her usual run to-day. { The troopship Scandia will leave for Manila the latter part of January with the officers and men of the Twentieth | United States Infantry. The officers will take thelr wives and families along with theni. On Tuesday next the transport will go.on the Union Iron Works drydock, where she will be cleaned and fumigated. After that she will go to either the Union or Risdon Iron Works for an overhauling, and then she will be ready for her voyage | to the Philippines. The chances are that | the California boys will come back on the Scandia, arriving here early in April. Chief Engineer Little of the steamer | Alameda was treated to a surprise party | esterday. During his absence some of ihe passengers who came up on the ves- | sel from Australia paid her a visit, and when they left Mr. Little’s state-room | was almost completely refurnished. There | wag a new carpet on the floor, new rugs. | a couple of hassocks. a new pier glass and | new curtains for the chief’s bed. The City of Peking was not able to get for the Orient on schedule time yes- | torday. She was delayed owing to the | Jarge amount of freight awaiting her and did not get away until this morning The O. and O. Company’s Gaeli fc_also | will probably be delayed, She is to leave | to-morrow, but it may be Sunday before | she gets away. Assistant Naval Con- | structor Hobson has engaged a passage by her and will arrive here in time to | catch her. Cornelius Cronin’s Money. The preliminary examination of Police- man Cassius Blackman and Saloonkeeper Rood on the charge of stealing $180 from Cornelius Cronin of Nevada was contin- ued before Judge Mogan yesterday after- noon. The witnesses examined were E. McNamee, Charles Wagner and August Behwartz. McNamee and ‘Wagner both { Junction proceeding on = room W shut 1 shu | . PETITIONS ARE DE~NIED. mouth Supervisors Again Deal With Berk- est Property Owners. hire Str £ Boa erd and ig batch of | jority of the owne rs | reet st | ag which its and committee. | A n Central was taken on the Park matter. CANDIDATES FILE THEIR CONTESTS SERIES OF PROCEEDINGS BE- FORE THE COURTS. but no action One Injunction Against the Election Commissioners Asked, Three Contests .iled. | A series of contests and sults growing out of the recent election were filed with the County rk yesterday. The action filed was In the McQuade and Jame the Board of from issuing Edward 1. S In the p that Sheeha law : pron ship in his offic 1 to grant a tempo: re- 18 returnable on January 4. Dr. Kearney, through his 2 torney, A. Ruef, filed a complaint agains | F. A ton, Supervisor-elect of the Sevent 1, praying for a recount. The compls ts forth malconduct on the part of elections officers; that votes cas for Kearney were counted for Byington, and that the returns on their face show t the election in that ward was irregu- | lar and illegal. In support of the conten- tion it is alleged that the count shows that the total number of votes cast for three candidates d not equal the votes cast throughout the city by 000. of Janua filed his ground con- ns should be ted and Hiil deprived of the glory and emoluments accompanying the position of father of the city’s dead. Judge Hunt will determine the merits of Dr. O'Donnell’s contest S Doolan_contests the election of | Fragley to the position of Su- t of Streets. Fragley was re- having been elected to the e by a majority of 910 As In the preceding contests Doolan : that his opponent gained the majority by reason of illeral counting and divers irregularities. His contest will be heard | by Judge Hebbard on the first Tuesday | n Januar t file corder-elect Low will d Police Judge t. Martin F. L ed that Michael Meagher will | a contest against Al Berthier, Re- and also that Police Judge ute in court the right of | lect Treadwell to take his Pistolesi’s effort to stir the Election Commissioners to activity regarding the count of votes for Superior Judge for the unexpired term has for the present availed | nothing. The commissioners refused to | direct the count until the opinion of At- ¢ Garret McEnerney regarding its v is secured In the meantime Pistolesi is‘on the anxious seat. e s ) NEIL SLOGGED REAY. A Five-Round Boxing Contest at the Merchants’ Club Which Pleased the Smokers. The monthly fistic show given by the rchants’ Athletic Club on Washington nd Davis streets was well attended. The second mecting between Julius Tillman and John Faccini ended in a draw. The contestants boxed four rounds. Joe Gal- ardo of Stockton got a decision o Young Jeffries of this city at the end of a | six-round bout. The event of importance was to have | been an elght-round bout between Al Nell of the Princeton Athletic Club and Joe Reay of the Olympic Club. The bet- ting was $10 to $9 in favor of Neil, who stopped his opponent in the fifth round. Reay was quite a nice boxer, but as a fighter he is a failure from the fact that he puts no steam in his blows. Neil is a slogger pure and simple, and in the fourth Tound he floored Reay six times and in the fifth round he planted Reay on his back on the cold, cold floor, where the Olympic remained until counted out, | —_————————— A Blundering Robber. Frank Ward was vesterday held to an- | swer before the Superior Court by Judge | Joachimsen on two charges of attempted | Tobbery in $2000 bonds on each charge, Monday night he_attempted to hold-up | J. B. L. Rocca at Post and Taylor streets | and shortly afterward attempted to ho.d- | up M. Berkowitz at Geary and Leaven- worth streete i 10 MEET THE | gave up its club entertainment in favor of HERQ OF THE MERRIMAC | | ON HIS WAY TO JCIN DEWEY | Hobson the City’s Guest To-Night. PUBLIC RECEPTION BY THE CITY OFFICIALS. | Entertainment and Supper This Evening by the Friday Night Club at Native Sons’ Hall. o-night San Francisco will have as her Lieutenant R. P. Hobson, U. S. N., hero of the Merrimac, now en route | siatic naval station. Though little | time has been given for a fitting reception ) the gallant young officer, and his stay is of the briefest, plans for that laudable purpose were adopted and hurried to a complete preparation for the event. As the Gaelic, on board which Lieutenant Hobson sails for Manila, leaves Saturday at 1 p. m., it will be seen that his view Francisco will be taken on the &t the to the telegrams have passed Lieutenant its | W ollowing between Mayor Phelan and Hobson, wording the invitation answ z and SAN FRANCISCO, Cal,, Dec. 20, 1888 Lieutenant R. P. Hobson, Denver, Colo.: The | citizens of San Francisco desire to entertain | you, and I would be very much pleased to have yourmcceptance. JAMES D. PHELAN | Mayor. | Dec. 21, 1848, | Many ' thanks me pleasure to Consult Union P. HOBSON. | The visitor having accepted the invita- tion to be the guest of the Union League Club, that organization very gracefully accey as time permits, League Club as to first evening. R. a public reception. Yesterday the follow- ing gentlemen met in Mayor Phelan's office as a citizens’ committee to arrange a hospitable greeting to the heroic naval | constructo Phelan, General Merriam, | “onstructor Eiliot Snow, U. | “onstructor Galnes G. . Ford, of the Union | of the Sons Amer- of the Manufac- | ewhall, of the Watkins, of the | pencer, of the | A. Thompson, of inger, of the Pro- of the Nativ California Pio- A George W. ‘nion Club; James H. Ep I c chanics The committee decided on a pub ception in the Palace Hotel parlors o 11 o’clock, where the people wiil dmitted to greet Lieu nt Hobson the M o nd extend to him the hi ; of the city. In the great court vard a band will discourse m and the ple will have an opportunity to enjc nade concert The great Chrisimeas tree in the court of the Palace Hotel will be lighted. The galleries of the hotel will be open to those who receive tickets, | which will be distributed by the citizens’ The following committee of Tirey L. Con- | committee. arrangements was appointed: Ford, chairman; Assistant Naval structor Gaines Roberts, U. 8. N., George | A. Newhall and William Fries, They an- nounced the following reception commit- tee: Governor and Mrs. James H. Budd, Hon. and Mrs. Henry T. Gage, Mayor James D. Phelan, | General and Mrs. Merriam, Assistant sustructor_Gaines G. Roberts, U Tirey L. George A. Newhall, Ford, Mr. rs. Al and Mrs. i and Mrs. Sbarboro, A cer, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Thompson, and Mrs. H. Eppinger, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. son, 8. H. Daniels, Mr. and Mrs, W. B. ton, Mr. Mrs. Leopold Michaels, and Mrs. C. P. Eells, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam | Fries, L. G. Carpenter, Mr. rs. F. W. Dohrmann, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. | eral and Mrs. N. P. Chipman, Judge and Mrs. H. Beatty, Judge and Mrs. ¥. A. Belcher, . and Mre. Joseph P. Grant, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Jewett, Mr. and Mrs. Horace B. Chase, | =0 Mr. A. Watkins, Mr. and Mrs, George W. Spen- | Mr. and Mrs. Henr. Crocker, Mr. and Mrs. T. Morgan, Captain and iirs. Nelson, alter E. Dean, Major and Mrs. mmodore and Mrs. J. C. Wat- son, Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Easton, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Merrill, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. | Crockett, Hon. Jacob H. Neff, Hon. Louls F. | Byington, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Tevis, Mr. and oss, Dr. and Mrs. R. Beverly Mc- r. and Mrs. James Shea, Mr. and Niebaum, Mr. and Mrs. Claus Spreck- fr. and Mrs. Willlam Alford. Mr. and G. Murphy, General and Mrs. War- | lonel and Mrs. W. R. Smedberg, Colonel J. C. Kirkpatrick, Colonel and Mrs. | Mrs. Louis J. C. Currier, Colonel and Mrs. E. A. De- nicke, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bundschu. The reception committee will have| badges and will lend their presence to the occasion. A speclal committee, con- sisting of A. A. Watkins, Lieutenant Rob- erts and C. B. Hobson. was appointed | to meet Lieutenant Hobson on the other side of the bay. ‘After the reception, Lisutenant Hobson will be the guest of the Friday Night Club at Native Sons’ Hall, where a spe- clal supper will be served in his honor. Son Accuses Father. Lee A. Clayburgh, a dealer in hides and leather at 49 Clay street, has sued his father, Albert Clayburgh, to recover $17,- 000 damages and for the appointment of a receiver. The son accuses the father of having fraudulently deprived him of the business at the address named through ins fluencing him to sign a paper which he thought was a power of attorney. but which in reality was a bill of sale. Hence the suit. ————— Bret Harte has one of his old-time Christmas stories in next Sunday’s Call. Read it ADVERTISEN-ENTS. TA-TAI GOOD-BYE! F you have been holding back, waiting for something to turn a wise person, for that something good occurs to-day. Suit and Overcoat Department to-day instead of January, as Our holiday season has been successiul, highly so, and need we prate about their goodness? (00,000 00CI000D000C up that would prove beneficial fo you, you have proven yourself We have determined to hold our January Sweep Sale in our Men's is our usual custom. ; our Men’s Clothes are so far-famed throughout the Coast that Only this—it's going to take the smallest amount that yon have ever dreamed of to dress you up for Christmas, and you know everything we say in print is dome exactly at the store. The swellest of Suits for the fashionable dresser, the | January-Sweep-Sale prices, beginning this very morning. most fashionable of Overcoats for the most genteel dresser at Prices That Cut Short All Argument. Special One will consist of some of the very prettiest of Top Coats in the Tan covert cloths— sightly ZBarments, excellently tailored. In Special One you will find some of the prettiest Blue Che- viot Swits, brown mixtures, sray mixtures and a very liberal as- sortment of choice, fashionable, up-to-date Suits and Overcoats at Special Two will contain a lot of the very prettiest English Krsey Overcoats, in black, blue and brown. Some very handsome full winter weight Tan Covert Cloths, | handsomely tailored garments, and in conjunction with these Overcoats we offer yow a beawtiful selection of fine Cheviot Swits for men in the single and double breasted Sack, in blwes, blacks, as also mix'‘uress. These good Suwits, These grod Overecoats, B-ginning this very morning, at Price the Best Debater Special Three ajffords yow wide scope and allows yow the selection from some of the handsomest tailor- |made garments in both Swits and Overcoats that it's ever been your good, fortune to det at bardain prices. In fact yow just revel among swell Overcoats. Blues, blacks, tans, browns, all dressy doods—doods that double the money won'’t find their like in other stores. That’'s Special Three in Men's Overcoats. Now, Special Three in Men's Suits dives you a selection from some very handsome English Worsteds in cutaways; complete suit alike or trowsers different. Then those handsome Blue Serdes in singdle or double breasted sacks—all high-class doods—as also some very handsome mixed colorings. A selection of the very prettiest and swellest of Men’s Swits. A selection of the most fashionable of Men's Over- coats, all marked at one wniform price to-day and that is 00 Doing All That We Promise in Print Has Won for Us the People’s Confidence. That picture on the side calls your atten- tion to three very late arrivals for our Men’s Overcoat holiday trade; for our Men's Swit holiday trade. The Suit that we picture in the double- breasted Sackis in that high-class English storm serde, in that light shade of blwe, satin- faced—just as swell as anything can pos- sibly be. . The Overcoat is in that hidghly fashionable herring-bone weave, which is the latest in Top Coats. If you find garments like these elsewhere at double the money we quote for ’em, why, yow're in great luck. We just mention these two darments, but there’s dozens of others. Some handsome Suits satin-lined throughout. You're pick of any of ’em at Open To-night Till 10. : Open Saturday Night Till 11 Here’s Where Golden Apples Drop Into Your Laps S '.@[‘AR NY ST.